Hi Juergen,
This service is a must have. Thanks for the info.
My mom who is in Tokyo for the first time and who
has not had any earthquake experience till now, got
real panicky yesterday....
regards
Manish Prabhune
--- Juergen Specht <js@nooper.com> wrote:
>
> For me as European, who was not used to shaking
> buildings (except
> a truck passed by), earthquakes are kinda scary and
> fascinating
> at the same time. Basically you can not really do
> anything when
> mother nature strikes and there is nothing to hold
> on, because
> just about everything shakes.
>
> Since Tokyo gets pretty beaten up lately (more than
> normal?),
> the best thing you can do is to inform yourself. It
> somehow makes
> you feel better afterwards if you actually can get
> some info
> about the shake.
>
> So for this reason we introduced maybe 2 weeks ago
> Nooper's
> "Earthquake Noopie". Short after a earthquake with a
> magnitude
> of higher than 4,5 (or higher levels, individual
> configurable)
> you receive info like this one from tonights quake
> to your Keitai:
>
> -----------------------
> Most recent earthquake:
>
> Date/Time: 05/12 00:57
> Magnitude: 5.5
>
> Epicenter:
> North Chiba
>
> Depth: 48.4km
> Distance
> from Tokyo: 40km
> -----------------------
>
> Somehow this function starts to get my favorite of
> all, because
> this is info I ever wanted to have since I live in
> Japan. And
> since I could not find it somewhere else, we
> implemented
> it in a bilingual fashion, to keep people regardless
> of their
> Japanese language abilities in the loop.
>
> If you want to use it by yourself (it's a free
> service), you
> need to register to Nooper first with your (i-mode,
> J-Sky, EZweb)
> Keitai:
>
> Internet -> Enter Location (URL) ->
> http://nooper.com
> -> click [6] for an English Interface
> -> Register
>
> If you are already a member, just login and go to:
>
> Noopie List -> New Noopies -> Earthquake Info ->
> Subscribe.
>
> I recommend to subscribe it in the "Anytime (24h)"
> mode to get
> informed even if a quake strikes at night. But if
> you have a good
> sleep, you can also subscribe in the "Daytime only"
> mode, than you
> receive the info next morning, if you are still able
> to read
> anything.
>
> We hope we can save some souls with this service.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Juergen
> --
> Juergen Specht, CTO, Nooper.com - Mobile Services
> Inc., Tokyo, Japan
> i-mode & FOMA consulting, development, testing:
> http://nooper.co.jp
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Received on Mon May 12 04:05:42 2003